50 Facts about Me

I always get loads of questions about my background, so I thought I would dedicated a whole post to getting to know me........

1. Name - Sophie Hitchon (I have no middle name) 

2. DOB - 11/07/1991

3. Born/raised - Burnley 

4. Currently live - Loughborough 

5. Siblings - 1 sister Emma (Pictured) 

6. Hight - 5"7 170cm

7. Weight - Currently 73kg - Liable to Change - I will be doing a post about my weight next week 

8. Shoe - UK 7

9. Started hammer - 2006 - 8 years (wow thats gone fast!)

10. I have to dedicate how I started to my family, both parents did athletics and Grandad was a field official, I did shot putt and sprints and just  had a go at hammer! how things work out!

11. PB hammer - 72.97cm 2013 (Picture 4)

12. UK record holder 

13. If you want to see all competitions and results see HERE 

14. I did dance for the first 10 years of my life mainly ballet, tap, modern

15. favourite colour - pink/purple

16. I was part of the netball GD/GK and hockey GK teams at high school

17. I did trampolining for a while when I was younger          (pictured 3) 

18. I am a full time (professional) hammer thrower 

19. I have no buisness sponsors   

20. MY PROTEIN affiliate 

21. I get kit from Nike - I have no contract 

22. Part of Concept Sports Management 

23. Coach - Tore Gustafsson 

24. I am a perfectionist 

25. Pessimist - Glass half empty kind of person 

26. Beauty enthusiast  

27. Love all food 

28. I Have to paint my nails for competition  

29. I didn't go to University

30. Love animals

31. Squats are my favourite 

32. No, I don't get dizzy when I throw

33. I throw in every training session 

34. Normally 9 training sessions per week 

35. I have Wednesday and Sunday as rest 

36. I have brown eyes 

37. My grip strength is awful

38. How do you know when to let go?.... Practise it becomes automatic 

39. No we don't have an indoor season.... duh!

40. I did Sports Hall athletics

41. I am an Olympian! (picture 5)

42. I have a tattoo on my ribs of the Olympic rings

43. I have my ears and belly pierced

44. Proud Blackburn Harrier

45. I hate being late 

46. I am very competative 

47. 2 x British Champion (Picture 6)

48. I like to bake but don't get much chance to

49. Im a shy person 

50. I believe everything I did when I was younger has helped me get to where I am

Thanks for reading!

Sophie

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